Railway-train bumper



A. L. STANFORD. RAILWAY TRAIN BUMPER.

No. 537,621. APatented Apr. 16, 1895.

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ARTHUR L. STANFORD, OF EVANSTON, ILLINOIS.

RAILWAY-THAI N BU M PER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 537,621, dated April 16, 1895. Appiimion nea rebfmy 14, 1,895. serial No. 538,445. or@ model.)

Illinois, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Railway- Train Bumpers, of which the following' is a specification.

The reference marks in the text and drawings correspond.

Figure 1 is a perspective view. Fig. 2 is a cross section on the line of the tension rods C and C. Fig. 3 is an end elevation of acompression member showing my novel mode of supporting the same and of attachingit to the rai My invention relates to improvements in railway train bumpers, and contains the following features in common with the improvement in railway train bumpers shown in my application for Letters Patent of the United States, Serial No. 529,512, filed-November 21, 1894, namely: two tension members secured to an anchor block and also tothe railroad rails aud two compression members secured to the rails, all joined together at a common central apex.

My object in my present invention is to strengthen the appliance and better adapt it to the purposes for which it is intended.

The novel features in my present invention are the construction shown in Fig. 1 whereby the tension members are attached directly to the compression members and the appliance thereby much simplified, the novel mode of connecting the tension and compression members at their common apex, and also the novel mode of supporting the compression members and attaching the same to the rails of the railroad track.

Referring to the drawings O O are the tension members.

B B' are the compression members.

D is a yoke to lock all four members together.

K is the adj ustingnut; I, a supporting nut to support the compression members, the yoke D being secured to the same. A is merely a face plate to protect the compression members.

E, F and F are essentially a cross and may be constructed in one piece or may be composed of the plate E and angle bars F F as shown in Fig. 3.

`a suitable eyelet or loop at its lower end.

all the members C C and B B at the point` where they all converge. This yoke D performs the additional office of affording a bearing against which the compression members are forced by the impact of the train. I prefer that this support to the compression members shall beas shown in the drawings, above the line of impact of the train, but this is not essential.

Each tension rod O and O is provided wiItli n these is inserted a short cross bar. (I prefer to use a short section of railroad rail inverted.) This rests against two heavy sleepers deeply embedded in the ground. Tension rods also rest in brackets attached to the rails, all as is clearly shown in Fig. 1.

What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. A railway train bumper comprising two tension members anchored in the ground and secured to the rails of the track; and two compression members supported upon the rails all converging to a common point and there yoked together by means of the cross-plate D or equivalent yoking device substantially as set forth.

2. A railway train bumper substantially as described having each compression member secured to and supported upon a cross-shaped bracket which rests upon the rails of the track, as and for the purpose set forth.

3. A railway train bumper comprising two compression members secured to the rails and brought together at their upper ends; and two tension members extended beyond and embracing the compression members to support the latter against the train impact substantially as set forth.

ARTHUR L. STANFORD.

Witnesses:

F. G. BATES, OTTO T. LANGBEIN.

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